A REFLECTION, IN A ROCK (HALF–LIFE), fine-grained sand of rock sample, hand-blown glass, acrylic, stainless steel, wall drawing © 2019 Cecilia Jonsson
A REFLECTION, IN A ROCK (HALF–LIFE), fine-grained sand of rock sample, hand-blown glass, acrylic, stainless steel, wall drawing © 2019 Cecilia Jonsson
A REFLECTION, IN A ROCK (HALF–LIFE), fine-grained sand of rock sample, hand-blown glass, acrylic, stainless steel, wall drawing © 2019 Cecilia Jonsson
A REFLECTION, IN A ROCK (HALF–LIFE), fine-grained sand of rock sample, hand-blown glass, acrylic, stainless steel, wall drawing © 2019 Cecilia Jonsson
A REFLECTION, IN A ROCK (HALF–LIFE)
2019
Permanent artwork
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Custom-made fine-grained sand of rock sample, hand-blown glass, acrylics, stainless steel, drawing
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Commission for Hordaland County Council, Norway and curated by Åse Løvgren.
Special thanks to Øystein Jansen, Henriette Linge and Leif-Erik Pedersen of the department of Earth Science, University of Bergen.
'A Reflection, In a Rock' is a permanent public artwork for Tertnes VGS (a high school) in Norway that consists of three parts.
The project is an examination of a grand erratic block of metamorphic gneiss that the artist came across in the adjacent forest next to the school. To date the rocks age and origin, a survey in collaboration with the research department of Earth Science (GEO) was conducted with the use of the scientific geological metods; rock-core drilling, thin section microscopy and terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides.
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In 'Half–Life', a rotatable hourglass with fine-grained sand is presented. The sand in the hourglass is handmade and derives from the core sample taken from the rock. The device has a running time of 6 hours (adjacent to a day at school), and is installed next to a wall drawing of a "concordia diagram", a visual representation with the mean age of the rock.
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Two of the artworks, 'Half–Life' and 'Cutting Zones', are placed inside the school and the third, ’Kaleidoscope’, can be found outdoor by the school’s driveway.
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